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SB1052
THE SENATE
S.B. NO.
1052
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING
TO FIREWORKS
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION 1.
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The
legislature acknowledges the multitude of health and safety issues relating to
the illegal use of fireworks in Hawaii.
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The purpose of this Act is to reduce the
penalty for fireworks offenses to a civil violation with the intended goal of
achieving more expeditious enforcement of fireworks laws.
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SECTION
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Section 132D-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
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(a)
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Any person:
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(1)
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Importing aerial devices, display fireworks,
or articles pyrotechnic without having a valid license under section 132D-7
shall be guilty of a class C felony;
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(2)
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Purchasing, possessing, setting off, igniting,
or discharging aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic
without a valid permit under sections 132D-10 and 132D-16, or storing, selling,
or possessing aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic
without a valid license under section 132D-7, or allowing an individual to
possess, set off, ignite, discharge, or otherwise cause to explode any aerial
device in violation of section 132D-14.5:
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(A)
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If the total weight of the aerial devices,
display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic is twenty-five pounds or more, shall
be guilty of a class C felony; or
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(B)
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If the total weight of the aerial devices,
display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic is less than twenty-five pounds,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor;
provided that purchasing, possessing,
setting off, igniting, or discharging aerial devices, display fireworks, or
articles pyrotechnic without a valid permit under sections 132D-10 and 132D-16
shall be a civil violation if the total weight of the aerial devices, display
fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic is less than twenty-five pounds.
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A person issued a civil citation pursuant to
this paragraph shall be subject to a fine of
$ ;
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(3)
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Who transfers or sells aerial devices, display
fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic to a person who does not have a valid permit
under sections 132D-10 and 132D-16, shall be guilty of a class C felony; and
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(4)
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Who removes or extracts the pyrotechnic
contents from any fireworks or articles pyrotechnic and uses the contents to
construct fireworks, articles pyrotechnic, or a fireworks or articles
pyrotechnic related device shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
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SECTION 3.
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This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that
were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
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SECTION 4.
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New statutory material is underscored.
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SECTION 5.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Fireworks;
Possession; Penalty Reduction
Description:
Reduces
the offense of purchasing, possessing, setting off, igniting, or discharging
aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic under a weight of
twenty-five pounds without a valid permit to a civil violation.
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